Explosion blamed on foreman at Baltimore port
Norma Price a stevedore testified before the coroner’s jury investigating the Alum Chine blast. He accused foreman William Bombardt of ordering the first explosion and described grabbing a dynamite box after a small initial blast. He said a second detonation followed minutes later, while Captain Ansley disputed aspects of the timing and placement.
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Baltimore
Mareh
Willem Bombardt
Tom
Price
Ansley
Alum Chine
Agnan Wiledon
William Henderson
Romhardt
Homhardt
Miner Partner Aves Time To Shout For Help
Fragmentary OCR yields a terse report involving a miner and a partner amid time pressure. Readable names and concrete actions are scarce. the fragment hints at danger and a call for assistance but lacks verifiable details.
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Aves
Cnawes
Courageous escape from Moose mine shaft saves Daniel MacPherson
Daniel MacPherson survived a 65 foot fall at Moose mine after shielding Wynne from a collapsing shaft and climbing through debris to reach the surface. Wynne died buried under timber and rock as a crew worked through the night to recover his body. MacPherson, 30, unmarried, living at the Hennessy annex, is hospitalized with head bruises and a leg injury but expects release in a week.
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Daniel MacPherson
Moose Mine
Robert Wynne
MacePherson
Hale
MacPherson
Wynne
Mace Pherson
Bers
Mac Vhergon
Venne
Tee
the Murray Hospital
MacFaerson
Hisself
Hennessy
MacPherson and Wynne Wees
Obstacles Numerous In Committee Assignments
Washington March 11. hints of opposition to President Wilsons appointment emerged in executive session of the senate today as Republican senators pressed that appointments be committed to the committee before confirmation. No appointments were confirmed though Daniel Cooper Alexander M Dock and James J Blakeslee—appointed first third and fourth assistant postmasters general—were ready for action.
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Washington
Wilson
Xena
Senate
App
Danielooper
Alexander XN. Dock
James J. Blakeslee
Ps Wilton
Hawkins
Pentone
Hina
Roper
Towonend
Michigan
Shether
Townsend
Epultican Wenatore
Neil
Tolay
Deestone
Soett
Gassecraiss
Ectetiog
Anekaicene
Aesanteeret Paruculecy
Orf Saath Et Tafew
Tilman
Connie Star
Way of Negotiations Hurdled as Balkans Tension Rises
London reports nervous European chancelleries and stock markets over Austro Russian demobilization and Bulgaria Romania talks. Austria balks at Serbian frontier pullback while Greek transports push toward Scutari. Russia to mobilize 280000 reservists. mediation continues with Turkey to pay indemnity as hostilities loom.
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London
Bulgaria
Rumania
Aquinasadors
St. Petersburg
Sergius Sazonoff
Sian
Balkans
Austria
Roing
Montenesta
Foerce
Tate
Leutart
Canal System Proposal Aims to Link Superior to Gulf
Madison Wisconsin legislators propose a canal project to connect Lake Superior with the Gulf of Mexico via the Mississippi River at Prescott Wisconsin. The plan would canalize waterways to allow steamboats of heavy draft to navigate from Lake Superior to the Mississippi.
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Madison
Wis
Saren
Confession of Vice Exploitation Heard In New York
Police graft cases unfold as Commissioner Waldo demotes Inspector Murtha and suspends him. Grand jury hears testimonies from women who paid officers for immunity and from hotel keepers linked to disorderly resorts. Witnesses describe payoffs, fake raids, and underworld figures named by Whitman as investigation extends.
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New York
Waldo
John J. Murtha
Murtha
Harlem
Ney Whitman
Whitten
Mary Siacom
Lincoln
Whitman
Annie Grisee
Ben
Annis Grey
Tillman denounces job scramble in Washington stirring uproar
Washington March 11 Senator Tillman of South Carolina voiced strong criticism of the rush of office seekers in the capital for the inauguration. He warned against a scramble for jobs, likening it to a biblical scene of desert thirst and spoiled harvests. Pope Pius continues to recover, enjoying springlike weather from his window in Rome. A French submarine accident near Cherbourg injures several, two fatally, as Foucault undergoes sea trials. The Mexican president Madera era widow and family depart Harare aboard the steamer Mexico.
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Washington
Tillman
South
Carolina
Rome
Pius
Neala
Merry
le Val
S Tate
Cherbourg
Avance
Foucault
Diplomatic Appointment Delegation At Washington
Sphecial Dispatch reports a delegation lobbying for diplomatic posts under Secretary Bryan. Hartman and Hartman and Stuart press for posts, but no promises made. Tourists flock to Panama Canal as John D Rockefeller Jr and wife join voyage on Victoria Laules to Colon. President has joined the University Club in Washington, first club membership in the capital.
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Washington
Bryan
Jeron Charles
Hartman Paus
London
Stuart
Butte
South America
Hartman
Neworm
Mareh
Panama
United States
Victoria Laulesman
Colon
John D. Hockefelley Jr
Hie Wits
My Rockefeller
L Ike
Hingvon
Area
Washingto
Anyother
Uth
Frontier Tensions Rise as U S and Mexico Brace for Clash
Washington reports a tense frontier with no patrols near the border except as needed after clashes near Douglas. General Obregon warns of action while Consul Simpich briefs on troop movements and potential moves toward the coast. President pledges peace and mutual respect, framing U S policy for Central and South American relations.
Claim Renewed That Lewis Was Elected
Springfield March 11. The Illinois legislature opens to vote for United States senators as Len Kentler attempts to place on record a claim that James Hamilton Lewis has been elected to the long term seat. Keller seeks to correct Feb 27 proceedings showing 68 votes for Lewis with Republicans and Progressives silent. The current journals list 71 members at the eighth joint ballot. Keller aims to prove others were present and that Lewis was elected, while Republicans scoff at the move as a bluff to split the party and seat Lewis over Sherman.
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Springfield
Len- Kentler
James Hamilton Lewis
Keller
General Assembly
Lewis
Senate
House
United State
United States Senate
Sherman
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